sydney colvin (2 Ergebnisse)

Original publisher's light-brown cloth hardback, gilt lettering spine, 2nd edition [1910], thick large 4to: VOLUME I: lxxij, 1008pp. VOLUME II: frontispiece, [x], 1140pp., Very fine complete set. Printed in 500 copies.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Not Stated (illustrator). A complete twenty-five volume set of the works of popular author Robert Louis Stevenson, including his correspondence, criticism and poetry. A twenty-five volume set in the publisher's original cloth bindings.This collection of the works of Robert Louis Stevenson provides a comprehensive view of Stevenson's talents as an author and poet. It also includes correspondence and criticism, giving a well-rounded view of his character. All volumes are illustrated with a frontispiece.This set comprises:I: New Arabian Nights (1919). Illustrated with a portrait frontispiece of Stevenson.II: Treasure Island (1920). Sketch map to the frontispiece and 8 plates.III: More New Arabian Nights; The Dynamiter; The Story of a Lie (1920).IV: Prince Otto; Island Nights" Entertainments; Father Damien (1919). Four plates.V: Kidnapped (1920). Six plates and a folding map.VI: David Balfour: A Sequel to "Kidnapped" (1920). Four plates.VII: The Merry Men and Other Tales and Fables; Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1920).VIII: The Black Arrow; The Misadventures of John Nicholson; The Body-Snatcher (1919). Seven plates.IX: The Master of Ballantrae (1920). Eight plates.X: The Wrecker (1919). Five plates.XI: The Wrong Box; The Ebb Tide (1919).XII: An Inland Voyage; Travels with a Donkey; Edinburgh (1920).XIII: Virginibus Puerisque; Memories and Portraits (1920).XIV: Familiar Studies of Men and Books; Miscellaneous Papers (1919).XV: The Amateur Emigrant; Across the Plains; The Silverado Squatters (1919).XVI: A Child"s Garden of Verses; Underwoods; Ballads (1920).XVII: Correspondence Addressed to Sydney Colvin (1920).XVIII: Memoir of Fleeming Jenkin: Records of a Family of Engineers (1920).XIX: In the South Seas; A Foot-note to History (1919).XX: Weir of Hermiston; The Plays; Fables (1918).XXI: St. Ives: Being the Adventures of a French Prisoner in England (1918).XXII: Sketches; Criticisms (1919).XXIII & XXIV: Letters to His Family and Friends (1918). Edited with an introduction by Sydney Colvin.XXV: New Letters (1920). Selected and edited by Sydney Colvin.Collated, complete. In the publisher's original cloth bindings. Externally, generally smart, with a little fading to the spines. Faint marks to the boards, more so to Vol XIV, XX, XXIV and XXV. Small loss of cloth to the head of the spine to Vol II, V and VIII. Marks to the tail of the spine to Vols IV-XXV and to the boards of V. Horizontal tear to the spine of Vol XI and XV. Small holes to the front joint of Vol XI, XIV, XXII and XXV. Bumped to the head of the boards to Vol XIV. Hinges starting to Vol I, and front hinge slightly strained to Vol V and XIV. Internally, firmly bound. Marginal age toning to pages which are otherwise clean. Small tear to the top of pages 89 to 108 of Vol XVII, not affecting the text. Very Good. book.